Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988). He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and various Kevin Smith films, including Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Good Will Hunting (1997), which they also starred in. He then established himself as a leading man in studio films, including the disaster film Armageddon (1998), the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001), and the thrillers The Sum of All Fears and Changing Lanes (both 2002). After a career downturn, during which he appeared in Daredevil (2003) and Gigli (2003), Affleck received a Golden Globe nomination for portraying George Reeves in the noir biopic Hollywoodland (2006). His directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007), which he also co-wrote, was well received. He then directed, co-wrote and starred in the crime drama The Town (2010) and directed and starred in the political thriller Argo (2012); both were critical and commercial successes. For the latter, Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director, and the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Picture. He has since starred in the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014), the thriller The Accountant (2016), the action-adventure Triple Frontier (2019), and the sports drama The Way Back (2020). In 2016, he began portraying Batman in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. Affleck is the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization. He is also a stalwart supporter of the Democratic Party. Affleck and Damon are co-owners of the production company Pearl Street Films.

Filmography

• 2026A Statement — Executive Producer
• 2026Animals — Mark Kimball, Director, Producer, Writer
• 2026The Rip — Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne, Producer
• 2025Kiss of the Spider Woman — Executive Producer
• 2025The Accountant² — Christian Wolff, Producer
• 2025The Merchants of Joy — Executive Producer
• 2024Kiss the Future — Producer
• 2024Small Things Like These — Executive Producer
• 2024The Instigators — Producer
• 2024This Is Me…Now — Rex Stone / Biker
• 2024Unstoppable — Producer
• 2023Air — Phil Knight, Producer, Director
• 2023For People in Trouble — Producer
• 2023Hypnotic — Danny Rourke
• 2023Making The Flash: Worlds Collide — Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Thanks
• 2023The Flash — Bruce Wayne / Batman (uncredited)
• 2022Clerks III — Auditioner
• 2022Deep Water — Vic Van Allen
• 2021The Last Duel — Pierre d'Alençon, Screenplay, Producer
• 2021The Tender Bar — Charlie Maguire
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Batman / Bruce Wayne, Executive Producer
• 2020The Last Thing He Wanted — Treat Morrison
• 2020The Way Back — Jack Cunningham
• City on a Hill — Executive Producer
• 2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot — Holden McNeil
• 2019Triple Frontier — Tom 'Redfly' Davis
• 2017Bending the Arc — Executive Producer
• 2017Justice League — Batman / Bruce Wayne, Executive Producer
• 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — Bruce Wayne / Batman
• Incorporated — Executive Producer
• 2016Live by Night — Joe Coughlin, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2016Suicide Squad — Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
• 2016The Accountant — Christian Wolff
• 2015The Leisure Class — Producer
• 2014E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest — Narrator
• 2014Gone Girl — Nick Dunne
• 20132013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film — Narrator
• 2013Runner Runner — Ivan Block
• 2013To the Wonder — Neil
• 2012Argo — Tony Mendez, Director, Producer
• 2010The Company Men — Bobby Walker
• 2010The Town — Doug MacRay, Screenplay, Director
• 2009Extract — Dean
• 2009He's Just Not That Into You — Neil
• 2009Reporter — Executive Producer
• 2009State of Play — Stephen Collins
• 2009The Messenger — Thanks
• 2008Gimme Shelter — Director
• 2007Gone Baby Gone — Screenplay, Director
• 2006Clerks II — Gawking Guy
• 2006Hollywoodland — George Reeves
• 2006Man About Town — Jack Giamoro
• 2006Smokin' Aces — Jack Dupree
• 2005Feast — Executive Producer
• 2004Jersey Girl — Ollie Trinke
• 2004Surviving Christmas — Drew Latham
• 2003Daredevil — Matt Murdock / Daredevil
• 2003Gigli — Larry Gigli
• 2003Paycheck — Michael Jennings
• 2003The Battle of Shaker Heights — Executive Producer
• 2003The Curse of the Bambino — Narrator
• 2002Changing Lanes — Gavin Banek
• Push, Nevada — Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2002Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith
• 2002Speakeasy — Executive Producer
• 2002Stolen Summer — Producer
• 2002The Sum of All Fears — Jack Ryan
• 2002The Third Wheel — Michael, Executive Producer
• 2001Daddy and Them — Lawrence Bowen
• 2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back — Holden McNeil / Ben Affleck
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Rafe McCawley
• Project Greenlight — Self, Executive Producer
• Revealed with Jules Asner
• 2000Boiler Room — Jim Young
• 2000Bounce — Buddy Amaral
• 2000Joseph: King of Dreams — Joseph (voice)
• 2000Reindeer Games — Rudy Duncan
• 1999200 Cigarettes — Bartender
• 1999Dogma — Bartleby
• 1999Forces of Nature — Ben
• Making the Video
• 1998Armageddon — A.J. Frost
• 1998Phantoms — Sheriff Bryce Hammond
• 1998Shakespeare in Love — Ned Alleyn
• TRL
• 1997Chasing Amy — Holden McNeil
• 1997Going All the Way — Tom 'Gunner' Casselman
• 1997Good Will Hunting — Chuckie Sullivan, Writer
• 1995Glory Daze — Jack
• 1995Mallrats — Shannon
• Against the Grain — Joe Willie Clemons
• 1993Dazed and Confused — O'Bannion
• 1993I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney — Director
• 1992Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Basketball Player #10 (uncredited)
• 1992School Ties — Chesty Smith
• 1991Daddy — Ben Watson
• The Torkelsons — Kevin Johnson
• 1989Field of Dreams — Baseball Fan (uncredited)
• 1988The Good Mother — Extra (uncredited)
• The Second Voyage of the Mimi
• 1987Hands of a Stranger — Billy Hearn
• 1986Wanted: The Perfect Guy — Danny Coleman
• The Voyage of the Mimi — C.T. Granville
• 1981The Dark End of the Street — Tommy
• This Week
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self (uncredited), Donnie Bartalotti (uncredited)
• ABC Afterschool Special — Danny Coleman
• Falling to Earth
• Ghost Army — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Hunting Whitey Bulger — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• I Am Still Alive — Producer
• Keeper of the Lost Cities — Director
• Killing Gawker — Producer
• King Leopold’s Ghost — Director, Producer
• Shot in the Dark — Executive Producer
• The Big Goodbye — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Turbulence: The Greatest Mind in Formula One — Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (58)

• Believers: Boston Red Sox — Self
• 2025Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self
• 2025Unraveling George — Self
• 2024The Greatest Love Story Never Told — Self
• 2024The Roast of Tom Brady — Self
• 2022A Case for Kindness — Self
• 2022Halftime — Self
• 2021Clerk — Self
• Directors on Directors — Self
• 2021The Making of the Last Duel — Self
• 2020537 Votes — Self (archive footage)
• History 101 — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Magnum Dopus — Self
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Contestant
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion — Self
• 2017Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies — Self
• 2016Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote! — Himself
• 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2012Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later — Self
• 2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe — Self
• 2009Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Back to the Well: 'Clerks II' — Self (uncredited)
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest
• 2005Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats — Self
• 2005Making Dazed — Self
• 2004Fahrenheit 9/11 — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Celebrity Poker Showdown — Self
• 2003Jennifer Lopez: The Reel Me — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma — Self
• The Osbournes — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• 1998Armageddon: Target Earth — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• MADtv — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter